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Seleucid Piety: Antiochus VII and the Siege of Jerusalem [PDF]

Античный мир и археология, 2017
This article is dedicated to the famous siege of Jerusalem by Seleucid king Antiochus VII Sidetes, who, according to Josephus Flavius, had expressed benevolence and respect to the Jews and their religion.
Abakumov, Arkady Alekseevich
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The Indian River that Flows from Paradise

Studia Ceranea, 2022
In the Jewish Antiquities (I, 1, 3), when paraphrasing the passage of Genesis 2, 10–15, Flavius Josephus notes that the four rivers springing in paradise are the Phison (Φεισὼν), which passes through India and is called Ganges by the Greeks, the ...
Chiara Di Serio
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Peter Comestor’s Historia Scholastica: Pursuing the veritas historiae Through the Works of Josephus

Judaica, 2022
Petrus Comestor’s Historia Scholastica is a broad biblical rewriting composed ca. 1160 in the milieu of the cathedral school of Paris and the abbey of St. Victor.
Sara Moscone
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Literary Adaptations of Jewish Sages in the Works of Josephus Flavius

Classica Cracoviensia, 2015
Literary Adaptations of Jewish Sages in the Works of Josephus Flavius The paper focuses on the Judeo-Hellenic writers composing in times of Roman occupation, especially on works created by Josephus Flavius.
Aleksandra Wojtasik
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Flavius Josephus – zwischen Historiographie und Autobiographie

Österreichische Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaften, 2018
: This article deals with the ‘Roman’ Historian Flavius Josephus, who had his roots in a foreign region (in Jerusalem and beyond) and lived as an immigrant in Rome after the biographical interruption constituted by the bellum Iudaicum. This paper aims to
Sven-Philipp Brandt
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The ‘Maria Story’ in Greek, Latin, & Hebrew

Judaica, 2022
This article provides the first close comparative analysis of the Greek, Latin, and Hebrew versions of the ‘Maria Story’ or teknophagia, the account of the mother who ate her child within a besieged Jerusalem first recorded in Flavius Josephus’ Jewish ...
Carson Bay
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Review of: Wittkowsky Vadim. The LukeActs Dilogy: Composition and Synoptic Sources. Moscow: Biblical Theological Institute, 2022. 728 p. [PDF]

Вестник Екатеринбургской духовной семинарии, 2023
The reviewed monograph is dealt with the problem of the origin of two books of the New Testament — the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles. According to the original hypothesis of the author of the monograph, both Books as literary works are ...
Alexander A. Tkachenko
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Race, Racism, and the Hebrew Bible: The Case of the Queen of Sheba

Religions, 2021
The Queen of Sheba, best known for visiting Solomon at the height of his rule, is commonly understood to be one of the most famous Black queens of the Bible.
Jillian Stinchcomb
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Book reviews

Nordisk Judaistik, 1985
Judendomens historia (Hanne Trautner-Kromann, 1983) is reviewed by Karl-Johan Illman.Josefus som historieskriver (Per Bilde, 1983) is reviewed by Nils Martola.Den antike jødedom.
Karl-Johan Illman, Nils Martola
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Cezarea/Wieża Stratona w wybranych źródłach pisanych

Vox Patrum, 2012
In my paper I have tried to present briefly a history of Caesarea in Palestine, relying on the Greek and Latin sources. Originally, the city was called Straton’s Tower, but it became famous in the Roman Empire as Caesarea.
Daria Keiss-Dolańska
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